חָבַק (châbaq) — Embrace

Strong's H2263 is tagged on 13 words in 12 verses across 7 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 29:13 and last appears in Lamentations 4:5.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (all 12)

• Genesis 29:13 — וַיְחַבֶּק — and he embraced
• Genesis 33:4 — וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ — and he embraced him
• Genesis 48:10 — וַיְחַבֵּק — and he embraced
• 2 Kings 4:16 — חֹבֶקֶת — will be embracing
• Job 24:8 — חִבְּקוּ — they embrace
• Proverbs 4:8 — תְחַבְּקֶנָּה — you will embrace her
• Proverbs 5:20 — וּתְחַבֵּק — so may you embrace
• Ecclesiastes 3:5 — לַחֲבוֹק — to embrace
• Ecclesiastes 4:5 — חֹבֵק — is folding
• Song of Solomon 2:6 — תְּחַבְּקֵנִי — it embraces me
• Song of Solomon 8:3 — תְּחַבְּקֵנִי — it embraces me
• Lamentations 4:5 — חִבְּקוּ — they have embraced

Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H2264 חִבֻּק (chibbuq), H2265 חֲבַקּוּק (Chăbaqqûwq).

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